Rajamouli Is Not Boyapati!
Andhra Pradesh politics and cinema cannot be detached. Both of them are mutually co-operative forces which rule both cinema and politics in Telugu states. Especially, Telugu Desham Party and its leadership always survive on film charisma. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s recent feat at Pushkaralu with Boyapati Srinu directing the whole episode on day one is the best and exclusive example.
Now, we heard that Naidu wanted someone like SS Rajamouli to handle the arrangements at Amaravathi Inauguration ceremony to be held on 22nd of this month. Right from erecting big settings for the function to coverage of entire event with commercial flavor was the best in Naidu requirements. However, Rajamouli is not as easy as Boyapati to fall as a wicket.
Quoting ‘Bahubali 2’ pre production works as reason behind denial of Naidu’s offer, Jakkanna cleverly escaped from the proposal. In the past, Rajamouli’s Guru Raghavendra Rao worked as chief media adviser for Naidu in designing many promotional activities initiated by TDP. Good to see our current ace director avoiding the media focus on his rejected political commitment.
TDP Lobbying For Pawan Visit To Amaravati!
The Telugu Desam Party leaders are said to be desperate to rope in Jana Sena president and actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan for the Amaravati foundation stone ceremony on October 22 in a bid to ensure to that his presence will bring glamour quotient to the entire function.
Amid reports that Pawan may skip the Amaravathi program due to his scheduled shooting program, AP Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu expressed hope that the former will definitely attend the foundation laying ceremony for new capital of the State.
Yanamala said foundation laying ceremony is being organized as an historic event for people of Andhra Pradesh.
The minister said the decision of YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was being criticized by his own party leaders as he has decided not to attend the Amaravathi function.
Yanmala worshiped Goddess Gnana Saraswati at Basara in Adilabad district. He performed special puja along with his family members.
He also performed “Aksharabhyasam” to his grand daughter in the temple mandapam.
Akhil Pushed To Diwali or Sankranthi?
While fans of Akkineni family eagerly await the news of Akhil’s release date, the makers are not revealing the release date as they are clueless about the release date.
It is being said that Nagarjuna has asked director VV Vinayak and Nithin to reshoot some scenes to make sure that the film comes out well.
Also, Nagarjuna has told the media openly that he was not satisfied with graphics work. But inside news is that he told the team to reshoot quite a few scenes.
For now, the plan is to release the film for Diwali and if the film is not ready by November 10, then the film will be slotted for Sankranthi 2016.
However, it is said that Nagarjuna will take the final call as he wants his son’s debut film to be a huge hit.
In the past, Nag was not involved in the production work of Naga Chaitanya’s first film Josh and it was a box office disaster. Now, he is takingg extra care about his younger son Akhil’s debut film.
Akhil’s debut film has been titled Akhil and the film is being directed by Vinayak. It stars Sayesha Saigal as the lead actress and has Brahmanandam playing a key role.
The film’s music is being composed by two music directors Anup Rubens and SS Thaman.
Hot Actress Is All Stressed
Alia has been rather busy these days. She has been doing films, promotions, entertaining her audiences with her hilarious acts.
Naturally, the Bhat girl is under pressure to be at so many places and that’s apparently left her a little drained.
Also, right now, Alia Bhatt has been promoting her upcoming film with Shaahid Kapoor, Shaandar and that has left her stressed say industry sources. Her doctors advised her to practice yoga, reveals one of her crew members.
According to one of her crew members, the 22-year-old grinds her teeth when she is stressed and it is said that she has been doing so of late. And due to this, she has been having pain in her jaw and head.
Once the pain got unbearable, Alia went to her dentist who advised her to do yoga. So she has been taking some lessons and feels better adds the source.
Her crew member also reveals that all the travelling to various cities has taken a toll on Alia and it has tired the girl. But since she cannot avoid it, she has been on the go, they say.
Also, despite the festive season, Alia will be busy as she will start shooting for Gauri Shinde’s film that will go on to the sets next month. The source further adds that ever since she has taken to yoga, she is already feeling refreshed.
The actress was in Bangalore promoting her film yesterday, but was unavailable for comment.
No More Masala Films Please!
Bruce Lee is rejected right away by our audience that are fed up by the routine films they are being fed week after week from Telugu cinema industry. The message is loud and clear as they turned down films like Kick 2, Shivam and Bruce Lee.
Telugu cinema thrived upon same formula for more than half a decade as ticket paying public were more than happy with routine fare. This won’t work anymore as film lovers are seeking variety with every movie.
Even a poorly made film like Rudrama Devi managed to get strong openings because of the novelty in it.
Srimanthudu has become such a big hit only because of superb script. Bhale Bhale Magadivoi is an entertainer dealt in a different style.
Needless to say about Baahubali that has offered visual splendor. Time for ace writers like Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan to come up with something different from usual.
Ram Charan Lends His Voice for Salman
Here is an interesting news for movie patrons. Mega Power Star Ram Charan will be dubbing Salman Khan’s voice in the Telugu version of the forthcoming Rajshri Production’s ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’. It is said that Bollywood’s Superstar Salman Khan personally called Ram Charan and requested him to dub for his character in the Telugu version and Ram Charan agreed.
There are good reasons Salman Khan opting for Ram Charan to dub his voice in Telugu version of his film. Firstly Ram Charan has the bass voice which appeals to everyone. When he articulates dialogues with perfect modulation, audiences stay connected with his resonant voice. Secondly, Salman’s family shares nice bonding with mega family and they are family friends.
Exactly 25 years ago, Salman Khan’s ‘Maine Pyaar Kiya’ was dubbed as ‘Prema Pavuralu’ in Telugu and turned out to be a stupendous hit in United AP. His ‘Hum Aapke Hein Kaun’ was also dubbed into Telugu as ‘ Premalayam’ and this movie was also a huge hit then. Both the movie were made on Rajshri Productions. And now, Salman and Rajshri’s combo is all set to rock in Telugu states with the dubbed version of ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’.
Director Scares Us For Brother!
Creative small screen personality Omkar is a disaster in big screen first innings as ‘Genius’ wasn’t able to provide him any ground in Tollywood. At the same time, Omkar received brickbats from critics and discouraged him from doing further movies. Over a period of time, Omkar is back restarting his second innings as director with his second film ‘Raju Gari Gadi’ hitting the screens for Dasara.
This time, Omkar has not only picked a safe commercial subject in horror-comedy genre but also wrapped up the production on self risk basis with in a shoe string budget with assured quality. Producers Sai Korrapati, Anil Sunkara were left stunned watching the movie in a special screening and decided to release the product.
‘I have done this film only to make my brother Ashwin stand as a hero. I tried him in ‘Genius’ but it did not work out. Learning many lessons from the past failure, I worked very hard with in limited budget and time period. From the times of my first break through with ‘Aata,’ I have a strong goal to see my brother establish as a hero and ‘Raju Gari Gadi’ will surely do that,’ director Omkar says.
Mega Craze for Kanche!
‘Kanche,’ the title sounds insightful with well formed intellectual team of director, cast and crew. Known for mass alluring titles and complete rough-action-masala films, Mega camp is seeing a new young hero Varun Tej with altogether a different taste. ‘Mukunda’ was also a class film with different subject but a poor debut. This did not stop Varun from experimenting and very immediately ‘Kanche’ made in World War 3 backdrop is a brave move.
Present generation audience and their tastes are varying dynamically. So, there is no hard and fast rule to consider Mega Fans only as mass lovers. Although disturbed with ‘Bruce Lee’ average performance at Box Office, currently Mega Fans are eagerly waiting for ‘Kanche’ to grace the theaters on 22nd of this month. Despite presence of two medium films ‘Raju Gari Gadi’ and ‘Columbus’ on the same Dasara day, enthusiasm is high for Krish and Varun Tej film because of its backdrop and newly treated romance.
In sync with quality craze built around, ‘Kanche’ buyers are releasing the movie in decent number of theaters. Even in Overseas, there will be a smart release in nearly 130 screens which is so good for hero of Varun Tej scale. Of course, ‘Kanche’ stands more on Krish brand value and partially the Mega factor.
Ramcharan New Movie On Hold!
The dismal result for ‘Bruce Lee’ has made Ram charan to go under severe stress. Though collections are proving to be not so bad and sure the product can be called as average but ‘Bruce Lee’ hasn’t met the commercial expectations Charan has set with earlier blockbusters. Moreover, the movie has released amidst huge expectations which enhanced the overall damage.
Anyways, Charan was little hurried to wrap up ‘Bruce Lee’ and this can be the reason why Vytla, Kona and Gopi did not get enough time to tighten many loopholes in the story and script. Why Charan flurries up only at peak time after hibernating for months and months is a question which Fans want to hear an answer for their star. Apparently, ‘Thani Oruvan’ remake is the next assignment before Charan and shooting has to be commenced from December.
If reports are to be believed, Chiranjeevi informed Charan seriously not to behave hastily and take decisions in a push situation. ‘Thani Oruvan’ is in fact a project with major significance lied on villain’s characterization done by Aravind Swamy in original. How can the same be meta-phrased to Telugu version with Charan as hero?
‘There is lot more changes referred to Tamil script and only once when Surender Reddy can put up a comfortable work Telugu version can take off till then it is on hold. This might delay the remake happenings for a while and more information can be available later,’ a Mega family source informed.
Sundeep to Romance Taapsee!
From quite a while, both Sundeep Kishan and Taapsee Pannu stood away from films. Sundeep lost the game with ‘Tiger’ while Taapsee who although proved to be a great performer with deadly movie ‘Ganga’ became busy with Tamil and Hindi assignments. Good news is that, they two are getting together as a pair for new untitled bi-lingual film to be directed by CV Kumar.
Although Sundeep and Taapsee were common casting in ‘Gundello Godari,’ they did not have scenes to share the screen space. ‘This is the first time I am going to romance her. I know her from a long time and pretty excited to work with her,’ Sundeep says. Without revealing much of details regarding this science fiction project, he adds that the script is so thrilling and will be a different project.
Meanwhile, Sundeep is also working on ‘Okka Ammai Tappa’ under Raja Simha direction. Sundeep Kishan lost the acceleration after commercially successful ‘Venkatadri Express’ and science fiction is altogether a new genre which he is experimenting now.
It’s Good Roles Over Films For Seerat Kapoor
Actress Seerat Kapoor, who awaits the release of forthcoming Telugu romantic drama ‘Columbus’, is not in a hurry to accept every offer that comes her way because she prefers picking good roles over films.
“I don’t like to rush. ‘Columbus’ is my third film in two years. I’m happy with the kind of different roles I’ve done. I’m being choosy and picking roles on the basis of my experience in the industry and I want to continue doing so,” Seerat told IANS.
The “Run Raja Run” actress says it’s important for her that each character she chooses supersedes the one she has done before.
“My benchmark for a new role is that it excites me and should give me the feeling that it’s better than my last role,” she said.
Her latest film “Columbus”, co-starring Sumanth Ashwin and Mishti Chakraborty, releases in cinemas on Thursday.
“It’s a journey of three characters that undergo a process of self-realization, allowing them to discover emotions they’ve never experienced before. The story is so unique, it stunned me when I heard it for the first time,” she said.
“When producer M.S Raju narrated the script, I could visualize the film in my head,” said Seerat, who didn’t mind sharing the screen space with Mishti.
“Both our characters were written so beautifully with ample scope for performance, there was no insecurity whatsoever to work alongside her,” she said.
Paired with Sumanth for the first time, Seerat said he was a very encouraging co-actor.
“He’s not a dominating actor. He was warm and very cordial to work with,” said Seerat, who has been getting offers from Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi industries too.
Pawan Kalyan Ignores AP Ministers’ Invitation?
Pawan Kalyan landed in Gujarat yesterday and today he is shooting there along with the unit members of Sardar Gabbar Singh.
Andhra Pradesh Ministers met him recently and invited him to attend the foundation laying ceremony of Amaravathi capital city near Vijayawada but the actor ignored their invitation and left for Gujarat’s shooting spot as per his earlier planned schedule.
It is unlikely that he would be flying down to Amaravathi on October 22nd as he has reportedly decided not to attend the ceremony at all.
Let the government do their work and other dignitaries enjoy the ceremony, he reportedly told his close members, when asked about his plans on 22nd October.
Sardar Gabbar Singh is being directed by Bobby and produced by Sharat Marar and Eros International.
Bruce Lee Villain in a lot of pain
Villains are the nasty characters on screen and the actors who do such roles have to do action sequences which might be risky. Bruce Lee movie’s villain Arun Vijay, son of senior actor Vijay Kumar has suffered injuries during the shoot of his Kannada debut film ‘Chakravyuha’.
He posted a stylish picture of himself on his Twitter handle and says that beneath the glasses he has two fractured nasal bones, one bruised eye and a cheek due to an accident on the sets while shooting for ‘Chakravyuha’. he also shared a medical report of CT Brain which confirms the fractures to his nasal bones.
Arun Vijay first got noticed as the villain in Ajith’s Tamil movie ‘Ennai Arindhal’ and since then the actor has been doing roles in the three South Film Industries. His debut movie as a hero is also going to hit screens soon.





























